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Table 4 Planned place of birth in relation to sense of control (LAS) among women in midwife-led care at start of labour and who were not transferred during labour

From: Birth setting, transfer and maternal sense of control: results from the DELIVER study

No transfer

  
   

Nulliparous women

 

Parous women

LAS* 1st stage

     
 

N

Estimated Mean LAS

Difference (95% CI)

N

Estimated Mean LAS

Difference (95% CI)

Crude

      

Home-home

204

63.8

3.4 (0.6, 6.2)**

610

64.2

3.6 (1.8, 5.4)**

Hosp-hosp

89

60.4

-

184

60.6

-

Hosp-home

34

63.2

2.9 (−1.6, 7.3)

98

62.8

2.2 (−0.4, 4.8)

Adjusted

      

Home-home

202

63.6

3.0 (0.2, 5.9)**

606

64.9

3.3 (1.5, 5.1)**

Hosp-hosp

88

60.6

-

182

60.8

-

Hosp-home

33

62.7

2.1 (−2.3, 6.5)

98

62.9

2.1 (−0.6, 4.7)

LAS* 2nd stage

     

Crude

      

Home-home

203

62.2

3.9 (0.8, 7.0)**

605

60.6

3.3 (1.1, 5.5)**

Hosp-hosp

87

58.3

-

184

57.3

-

Hosp-home

35

61.8

3.5 (−1.4, 8.3)

98

61.5

4.1 (0.8, 7.4)**

Adjusted

      

Home-home

201

61.9

3.1 (−0.1, 6.3)

601

60.5

2.9 (0.7, 5.2)**

Hosp-hosp

86

58.8

-

182

57.6

-

Hosp-home

34

61.6

2.8 (−2.2, 7.7)

98

61.5

4.0 (0.7, 7.2)**

  1. * Labour Agentry Scale (LAS): measured with 11 items on a 7-point Likert scale (min. score 11, max. score = 77).
  2. ** p < 0.05.
  3. Crude: multilevel analysis with 2 levels (midwifery practice and pregnant women).
  4. Adjusted: for maternal age, social status, ethnicity (Dutch, western background, non-western background).
  5. Home-home: women who planned birth at home and actually gave birth at home.
  6. Hosp-hosp: women who planned a hospital birth and actually gave birth in the hospital under midwife-led care.
  7. Hosp-home: women who planned hospital birth in midwife-led care and actually gave birth at home.
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